--- title: Purina One Cat Cafe in New York description: Here's what it's like at Manhattan's pop-up cat café. canonical: https://time.com/77688/new-york-cat-cafe/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-25T20:00:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:09.004Z og:title: Manhattan's Cat Café Makes for a Purrfect Weekend og:description: Unfortunately it's only temporary og:url: https://time.com/77688/new-york-cat-cafe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75b70064676e5ccb/69868c99adae443cdf542c5f/cat-cafe-by-purina-on.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Cat-Cafe-by-Purina-ON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Manhattan's Cat Café Makes for a Purrfect Weekend twitter:description: Unfortunately it's only temporary twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75b70064676e5ccb/69868c99adae443cdf542c5f/cat-cafe-by-purina-on.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Manhattan's Cat Café Makes for a Purrfect Weekend by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 25, 2014 8:00 PM UTC  Amy Sussman/Invision for Purina ONE/AP by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 25, 2014 8:00 PM UTC As part of a marketing stunt, Purina ONE opened up a four-day cat café in New York City this week where patrons can pet cats from the North Shore Animal League shelter on Long Island and sip “cat’achinos”, a twist on cappuccinos. If you don’t live in New York, you can still watch the action via [livestream](http://eater.com/archives/2014/04/24/watch-the-cat-cafe-livestream.php) until April 27. **MORE:** [Grumpy Cat Is Not Impressed with TIME’s Photo Shoot](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/22/grumpy-cat-is-not-impressed-by-times-photoshoot/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/77688/new-york-cat-cafe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/77688/new-york-cat-cafe/"},"headline":"Manhattan's Cat Café Makes for a Purrfect Weekend","datePublished":"2014-04-25T20:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:09.004Z","description":"Me-wow!","url":"https://time.com/77688/new-york-cat-cafe/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75b70064676e5ccb/69868c99adae443cdf542c5f/cat-cafe-by-purina-on.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75b70064676e5ccb/69868c99adae443cdf542c5f/cat-cafe-by-purina-on.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cat-Cafe-by-Purina-ON","caption":"","creditText":"Amy Sussman/Invision for Purina ONE/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/77688/new-york-cat-cafe/","name":"Manhattan's Cat Café Makes for a Purrfect Weekend"}}]}] ```